Building-block of crystals.



No. 777,589. A PATENTBD DEG. 13, 1904. A. BBERFELD.

BUILDING LOCK 0F CRYSTALS.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. s2, 1904.

No MODEL.

Witwen@ UNITED STATES Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR BIBERFELD, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,589, dated December 13, 1904. Application filed ovember 22, 1904. Serial No. 210,914. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may con/087%:

Beit known that I, ARTHUR BIBEREELD, ot' Berlin, in the Province of Brandenburg, Germany, have invented a new Buildinglock ot' Crystals; and I do hereby declare the iollowing to be i'ull, clear, and exact description ot' the saine.

The present invention relates to buildingblocks of crystals which are specially designed for ornamenting internal walls. Such blocks are formed oi' a correspondingly'cut fabric oi'l wire or the like upon which the crystals oi' sugar-candy or other suitable material are allowed to form. 1t is obvious that the crystal block may also have the forni of a hollow body ii' the wire support is formed in the shape of a hollow body and then subjected to the crystal-forming process. l` he apijilication of the block is so devised that it can be etlective both when `viewed by reflected as well as by transmitted light.

The process of making the block resembles that already known for the preparation oi' candy, inasmuch as in that case the crystals of candy are caused to form upon strings or fabric. Obviously it is possible to use other crystallizable colored or colorless substances instead of candy --such1 for instance, as alum, rock-salt, sulfate of copper, sulfate ot' iron,&c.

In order to render the blocks formed as above described more resistant, and especially in order to `protect them against moisture, it 1s advisable to coat the iinished blocks with a suitable varnish or coating, such as celluloid,

collodion, zappon, varnish, or the like. These coatings may be either colorless or colored.

rlhe accompanying drawing is a perspective View of a building-block embodying my invention. llt is shown as partly broken away to disclose how the wire-netting l is incased in the crystals 2.

I-.laif'ing now particularly described and ascertained the nature oil my said invention and in what manner the saine is to be performed, l declare that what l claim is"d 1. A building block or plate consisting of a binder or body of wire Vfabric or the like. 

